Arm protector or the like



1943. l. WEISBERGER 2,326,422

' ARM PROTECTOR OR-THE LIKE Filed May 22, 1942 INVENTOR. RVING WE\SBERGER ATTORNE Y Patented Aug. 10, 1943 irving Weisberg'er, NewYork,-1N.-"Y.', assi gnor to Burma-Gard, Inc., New York, N. Y. a

' ,1 amass. 22, 1942; sieria nqjiiaozsl f 1 Claim .1 iota-'9):

.- The-present inventionrelates to an improved armiprotector orguard.and it'relates more particularly to an improved type of aringuardwhichmay be used byi ndustrial workers or the like.

In many industries, workers therein contract many skin afflictions whichresult in losses to,

both the individual worker and industry. For example, many individualsare susceptible to the action in cutting lubricants and cooling liquids.used in connection with the cutting of metal;

and thus readily contract dermititis or folliculitis.

Heretofore, a two (2%) per cent solution of carbolic acid or otherdisinfectants and antiseptics have been added to the lubricants toprevent, such undesirable condition, and in other in-' stances the oilsolvents have been heated to a high degree of temperature, all of whichhave ticles crdetrimental materials and fluids.

Another object of my invention is to' provide an arm protector which isof durable and simple construction and which will completely protect thearm of the wearer from an injurious substance with which he may beworking. a

Still another object of my invention is to provide an .arm protector ofsimple and durable construction, which arm protector has a wristengagingportion which is adjustable to the'wrist of the wearer and which armprotector has further meansto effectively seal the upper portion thereofand prevent the same from slipping;

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the followingdescription and drawing which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof,it being understood that the above'statement of the objects of myinvention is intended generally to explain the same without limiting itin any manner.

proved arm guard. v

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view of the elastic upper portion of thearm guard.

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Fig. 1 is a front elevational view ofmy im-' Fig. 3 is a sectionalviewalong line 3-3 of gaging portion 'Ithere is provided a series ofsnap r 'l FF'ig. 4 is a Samoan-viewing iin'' Fig. 1.

view along line*5-'-5 of Fig; 2.

Referring to the drawing, member of my improved -arm guard, saidbodymember having a wrist engaging portion 1 formed at one end thereof andan arm engaging portion at the other end thereof. The body member 6 maybe made of rubber; rubberized fabric, plastic treated fabric, duck,oilskin or any other suitable material which fills; the requirementsdictated'by the use to which the uard will be put. The body member 6 isformed of a single piece of fabric having its longitudinal edges sewntogether bya line of stitches 2, thus forming a tubular member, thefreelongitudinal edges being positioned within the tubular body.

The wrist engaging portion 'lof the arm guard is formed by merelyinwardly hemming the body portion 6.. It is important that the wristengaging portion be adjustable to snugly engage the wrist of theindividual wearer of the arm guard and although there are many methodsof accomplishing this, I found the means illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4 tobe the simplest and most expedient. Along the lower edge of the wristenfasteners 9, one of said snap fasteners being female and the othermales, The wrist portion 1 1 may be causedto snugly engage the wrist ofthe wearer after'the arm-guard has been donned by V mating any of themale snap fasteners 9 with the female snap fastener. While I have showna single female fastener and a plurality of male fasteners, itisobviousthat a single male and a plurality of female snap fasteners may beprovided instead.

The upper portion 8 of the arm guard is peripherally stretchable so asto freely allow arm movement, which results in varying-of thecircumference of the arm in the proximity of the upper ar'm portion 8.In providing this stretchable portion,;it is, also necessary that therebe avoided the bitingof portion 8 intothe arm thus impedingthe'circulation of the blood. In order to accomplish the aforesaid,iIhave devised the construction illustrated in the drawing. 1

.The upper edge of the tubular body membe 6 is inwardly folded to formthe substantially wide hem l0, said hem [0 havin positioned along itsinner face the felt strip ll. Thehem l0 and the abutting felt strip l laregathered or shirred and are maintained in such condition bythe seriesof elastic strips or bands l2, saidstrips or I Fig.6 is an enlargedfragmentary sectional 6 designates the body facturing the same.

bands I! being secured to the upper portion 8 by means of the parallellines of stitches l3,'said lines of stitches l3 joining the elastic bandl2, the hem portion In and felt strip I I. The elastic band l2 normallymaintains the upper portion a in contracted condition. The elasticity ofthe up'perportion 8 serves a two fold purpose, that r of preventing thearm guard from slipping and thatoiforming an eff cient sealbetweenthearm I guard and the of the wearer;. ;It is obvious that any othersuitabie'materialmay be substi tuted for the felt strip l l.

changes and omissions may be made without del parting from its spirit.

I claim: Y

An arm protector for use by a wearer, said pro- Vtector comprising: acontinuous cylindrical body ,formed of a sheet of'material having thelongi-.

tudinal edges thereof joined by a seam extending the entire length ofsaid body; said body having an annular wrist engaging open end with Ihave described my invention in a certain or: V der, but I wish it to beunderstood that thisdoes' not illustratethe most efiicient method of;manube much more expedient to form the lowerhem and upper arm engagingportion and thereafter stitching together the longitudinal edges of thebodymemher, thus formingthe resulting tubular 7 arm guard. I

I have shown a pref erred embodiment of It is obviousithat it wouldinvention, but it is apparent that numerous v a'first free edge'andanarm engaging open end with a second free edge;-said wrist engagingopen end having secured thereto adjacent said first free edge,'a firstfastener element and a plural itYOf second complementary fastenerelements any one of which is detachably engageable with said firstfastener element; a substantially an-' nular band of felt-like materialsecured to the inner surface of said arm end; and resilient means'toconstrict the arm' end and compress said band between said end and thearm of the wearer,-said means including a pluralityof elastic stripssecured to said facethereof. j J

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